The Only Way To Love The Moon

For too long
The Moon offered laughter… and More to the Star.
That is, when he chose to reveal his elusive light
When flimsy clouds of uncertainty were cast aside
When he could leave the comfort of safe shadows.

The Star - basking, delirious in the Moon’s glow
Believed that her place was also in the sky
Because it was the only way to love the Moon
Enduring his waning and waxing
Igniting her body, searing her soul
Embracing a lunacy found only in his arms.

Now, the Star knows that it was all a delusion
There is no room in the Moon’s sky for her
He tried... but didn't know
How to love her back
He only knew how to be the Moon.

Bone-weary from trying to be
the Star that she was not
Shedding her luster,
Limp spirit caressing the ground
The coldness of his secrets seeping in
Eyes still awash with cruel realizations

The dark yields no answers
Except to whisper that
The Moon wants only to be beheld from afar.

5/7/2010

4:37 AM